Citations:defæcator

English citations of defæcator

Noun: antiquated form of defecator edit

1876
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  • 1876, Lewis Angell quoted in Fourteenth Report of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund, W. Clowes & Sons; page #36:
    Land is the best defæcator of Sewage ; and Irrigation, properly conducted, is proved to be innocuous.